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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-21
NEWS AT a GLANCE

The Custom Cutters National .Associa.
ton has decided to publish q trade journal.
sylvanuB Cobb, well.known story writer,
died at Hyde Park, Mass, Yesterday. He
was born In 1923. $s!3Sf31s * 81, I
Francis Murphy has gone to Chautau-
qua for two weeks. He goes thence 10
Mortified to assist Mr.. Mood. 81.
Brakeman Pollock has been arrested for
robbing Louisville 4 Nashville cars. and
a large quantity Of goods secured. ja}5,tF
Senators Vest, Plumb, Allison, Farwell
and Cameron, left j Helena, Mont, last
night for Alaska. E1. Governor Houser
accompanies them. ,izgJ
IN United States Senator Chandler states
he never wrote or inspired a letter recent
ly attributed to him, in which he was
represented as iavoring Blaine and shur-
man on the Presidential ticket, 3 + 4 re-
Jack Burke passed through Cheyenne;
,Wyo., from Denver last evening en- route
to San Francisco, where he will & fight
Paddy Ryan to a. hnish. He goes from
there to Australia and then around the
world. 8 3; - it:.ij33H
X IA mortgage for ten million dollara ara.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-21
GARNETT SETTLES IT,

. 80
The baltimore y Ohio Deal Was On, But
i2 Now tits on. ~
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, July 2o.-The Record
will tomorrow publish the following:
ELBRRoN, N. j., July 20. x
Hon. Wm. u. Snges!y. Editor Record, ph.lade,phta.
DEAR SIR:-1u reply to your courteous
inquiry as to the real status OF the nego.
tiaEions called by the press "The Bsiti.
more u Ohio deal" ! beg to say that all
such negotiations are terminated.
The syndicate which WAS to &C.
quire large block OF the stock
OF the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad Com
pany in such a way as was believed would
be beneficial to all partiesand railroads con-
cerned did not, at the appointed time,
comply with their engagements, and oil
engagements or negotiations with them
are now absolutely at an end. The state.
ment In some papers that I purchased
large blocks Of Baltimore & Ohio
stock is mistake, as / have
stated I have options, but circumstances
rendered it unnecessary to close them.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company,
its properties, including its large teie-
graphic system and ownership and it's
stock, remain now as they were at the
opening Of the negotiations.
Y. Very truly yours, ;-..ii r
(Slgned) ROBERT GARRETT.
81 Wall Streets SpeculatIons.
New YoRK, July 2O.-Ths Wall Street
Circular says: The efforts Of the Ives
party to form syndicate are said to have
been successful, and one is said to have
been formed in which Drcxel, Morgan &
Company represent Jay Gould, and shares
taken by Fahnestock representing the
First National Bank party, and Irving A.
Evans, Of Boston, representing the
Atchison company, Alfred Tully, R. K.
Dew, and Simon Borg are also Bsid to be
members Of the syndicate. No definite
information can BIO obtained regarding
Garrett'n intended trip TO Europe, and it
is thought that circumstances may compel
him to sgain postpone it. Jay Gould was
reported to have been in conference with
Drsxel, Morgan & Company all day, but if
he was there his presence was kept q
secret. "a 5 q - I{-ss5 'a= : Fl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-21

The committees were appointed This
evening and at once began their work.
Congressman georgia E. Seney, of Tifin,
O., was eelected permanent chair
man, and Z. D. Sawyer, OF Cleveland,
permanent secretary. It is said here to.
night that this organization is in the. in
tsrest Of Campbell, who is counted an
anti-Administration man because Of his
votes on pension vetoes. 60. .l.5tII--
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-09
Thrift Of u Boston Householder.

\ man who owns an apartment house
ON Back bay was asked the other day il
he had let MI the suites in il.
''Oh. yes,' he replied. II have Just let
the last to summer boarlers.'
"Summer boarlersr' repeated the
other. ':What in the world Ito YOU nean;'
Whereup0n the householder explained
that the lessecs were people from New
Orleans. who came north when the heats
OF spring came on. and who took the
apartments for the year in order to be
provided with accommodations which
pleased them. This suggests unlimited
possibilities of the Box and Cox order.
The owners of apartments who are
shrcwd enough and OF Il commercial con-
science sufficiently flexible will hereafter
endeaVor to let furnished suites to north
erners for the winter and to sou,herners
for the summer, each tenant. of course,
paying Il full years rent. FROM such u
practice to light comedy is. of course. but
il step. One family will he IL day late in
moving in or one family will be Il day
late in moving out, and there is an eS-
cuse for tangle OF complications only
limited by the boundaries of the invention
OF the author.-Providencc Journal.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-09
Names Of Old Towns.

The Listener observes, not without a
certain regret. that there is II tendency to
introduce certain reforms in the pron,,nci
alton of the names Of old Massachusetts :
towns. The pronunciation brought from
England is being gradually dropped, and
the sound apprNin>ated to the spelling Of
the word. What were once Stone am and
WAr'am have become Stoneham and
Warehaln, and what was Wuoh,,rn is now
WOburn. IeOminster was I4cmpster to
begin with, and to the town in New
Hampshire, which was named in honor of
old Ieo'ninstcr in England. the name Of
Lempster was actually given Perhaps it
was the Oldest inhabitants ignorance of
orthography that has preserved this testi-
mony of the original pronunciation of the
name. But in the mouths of the people
OF our Massachusetts Leominstcr, the
lame has first become l.c'minster, and
will after awhile. it is to he supposed, be
reformed another stage into l.e-o-minster.
The English Lester, for Leicester, has be-
come leicester with us; heaven preserve
us from ].ycester or Leicester.
One always hears Worcester for
Worcester; shall we presently hear War
ter? Happily there is an Ohio town of
=, "ster. which preserves in it's spelling
me original pronunciation. Just as the
New Hampshire l.empster keeps the orig
in&l sound of Leominster. The Listener
has even heard the browning enormity of
Portsmouth. This is worse than Porch
mouth, which used to he heard. There
are old people in Gloucester who call the
name Of the town Glnkster. The Listen
or does not know where the usage came
from. 1t is not as bad as Glow w-ces-ter
would 'r. which, it may fairly be sup
posed, will be the eventful pronunciation
Of the name of the town, if the present
phonetic tendency continues - Boston
Transcript
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-09
Artistic Taste In India.

The natives Of India are q gentle. re-
lined. art loving people. In no country.
Italy not excepted is the love of art more
innate: and nowhere is there presented a
higher standard Of taste in figure posing
and OF effect in color combination. whether
III embroidery, weaving nr painting. In
pottery and brass work their patterns arc
those which. ior thousands of years, have
NEST pleased mankiEd-combinat of
slender. graceful, curved parts with mas
sive parts--,hc same as are found in the
pyramids of Egypt, in the tunbs Of Cyprus
ana i'll the ruins Of Pompei. and as today
are initiated in the art pottery of Dresden
anu Worcester. Nothing can exceed in
richness OF coloring, delicucy and per-
lection of work. their paintings on ivory.
especla'y figure painting-the most ditli-
cult of all. They are pasSionatrly fou, of
ornaments. of dress, of music, of flowers
ana delicate perfumes. They love illumi-
mated books: are fond OF coin collections.
and the dwellings, of the wealthy are
mcdcls oi exquisite taste in furnishings
ana decorations: and in architecture. the
world might ht challenged to produce the
equal of that dream in narhie--tl,c Tai of
India. journal OF the Military Service
Institute
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-09
Fire Drill in Berlin School.

The sclsool board of the city of Berlin
has made the practice OF lea, ing the class
rooms and school buildings with order
ana pTomp,itudc Il compulsory branch of
study. " the opening of every new term
both teachers ami pupils must. at a yiyeu
sign and in Il prescribed order. leave the
school, and that practical exercise is re-
pe;,ted until ii is carried out by all classes
70 the satisfaction Of the authorities.
Every director is obliged to make 4 snecinl
report to the schoo! board ,po,l the sue
cess OF the practice. In that WAY it is
hoped IL prevent loss of life in case of fir,
or other accidents III the school building,
Chicago News.
The monks "t st. Bernard have brought
the telephone into their service of mercy.
The famous ho>pice is now in telephone
communication with the Cantine de PROF.
anu the village of St. Pierre. as also with
the Cantine tie Fon,intc and the village of
st. Cheney. on the italian side.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-09
Ensli>hnen 1nSultcl nj Nat..rlns,-

English visitors to the battlefield of
Waterloo complain in the Belgian papers
ot the moicstation and insults to which
they have been exposed by so called guides
over The battlefield. The communal
authorities "l Waterloo and the ncighhor.
ing localities will do well to look after Inn
matter unless they wish Go kill the goose
which lays the gol,s>n eggs during the
tourist season. In former Years. twenty
and thirty years ago, some of the guide,
had heard the cannon roar during the
battle, although an intelliycn, uucstiuner
very soon found out that they had done
so at considerable distance from the
lield OF battle: but the SO callc,! guides of
the present time are nothing c!S,. but u
set OF the most rapaciou> and rude rasa-
mnlIln>. .--RruSSels Cor London Times.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-09
Pecu,iarities or the ralppopotauas,

Beginning with the exterior, the skin is
of enormous thickness and toughness.
From it are made the terrible whips
called ''sjambOks, . stroke Of which will
cut groove in deal board. A large
s.ambok affords the only argument to
which native draught OK will listen,
and smaller instrument, called familiarly
"cowhide. is used in lieu of our riding
whips. As the hippopotamus spends SD
much time in the water the skin is per-
foratcd with number Of pores, through
which exudes a thick, dark, oily secre-
ton, which. like the fur Of the seal. otter,
beaver and other aquatic animals, keeps
the creature dry. even when it is sub.
merged
When in July, 1s40, Obaysh. the first
hippOpOtamus ever brought to England.
was taken in the Nile as Il younyster, it's
slippery skin enabled it to wriggle ont Of
the arm Of its captOrs, and it was only
secured by driving boatl,ook into its
hide, the scar remaining through the rest
Of its long life. When in May of the fol-
lowing year it arrived in London went
to see it and inadvertently pattctl it, not
knowing of the oily secretion. Conse-
quently pair Of new kid gloves which
was wearing were utterly spoiled. A fe-
male was afterwartl obtained, and in 1871
was OrH tue uTst n!ppOpOCAMuS ever pro-
duced in Europe. As its mother did not
know how to manage it, the young calf
was taken away and fed artificially. TAX
ing it from its mother was u most perilO,ls
task, and, after most exciting series Of
adventures, was achieved by Scott, the
man who was afterwnrd SO we'll known as
.Iumbo's keeper. The little creature
weighed about 100 pounds, but kicked
and screamed like an adult, while it's
round, smooth body was SO oily that Scott
could scarcely hold it.
Now we turn to the head. The eyes,
enrs and nostrils are set nearly on the
same plane, SO that the animal can sink
itself entirely below the surface. and he
able to perceive the approach of foes by
hearing, sight and scent. When il lies
and lozing in the water, it is
naturally II little lighter than /, cores
Iontling bulk of water, and SO floats with
onlya little OF the back. and the ears,
eyes and nOstrils above the surface But
it often has to sink to swim for some dist !
ance under water. This necessity involves
several other pec1laritics Of structure
Good Words.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-09
Ehe Ailla,, ['ibn,,<.
A PALApiN oloEN.

lsto tho battle of being he rushed like true ~,
ladin Oldcn.
High beat his valorous heart-an.l The dreams Of
the morning were golden:
Arches that bent meath the garlands which fair
hands Of maidens had woven;
Temples that glittered with armor and helmets
his stout AK had clOvcn:
Symphonies, rife with his prowess, that float
through the dome heaven trending;
Tlautlits OF rnonarchs and nations and lau:els
and titles unending.
L'EEvOl.
On u gray stone iu the background, set up in q
desolate valley,
Hero where the band fierce beleaxured he vaiply
cndeavored to rally,
0Rrven In rude. fading letters name and date
the tale endetb,
Naply martyr transhgurc,l into the s,lpcrnai
ascendeth!
w. b. Chisholm In n. q. Times. Democrat
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-09
FINGER AND TOE PHOTOS.

An Album Which Contains y Curious Col
lection of Pictures-lIands and Feet.
MY hand and foot album is the
dainty inscription on the cover of small
but highly priced volume belonging to q
young lady living in the Mission. The
book is bound in morocco and was cvi-
IDENTIFY intended by it's maker as M album
for small card photographs Of the regu-
lation portrait order. The novel use to
which 1t Is now put has made Of the little
volume one Of the oldest of curios. In
nearly every ono of the spaces prepared
for portraits is photograph of u feminine
hand or foot.
'sHow did ] get this collection? Well,
it you won't write anything ridiculing it
I'll tell YOU
That is what the owner of the album
said to q reporter.
"You sec" she went on, as she turned
the leaves Of the interesting volume.
'sOme of the girls in this part Of town
with whom am acquainted hit upon the
idea Of having their hands photographed.
believe the first one wanted to perpetu-
ate the taper finger on which she had Just
had an engagement; ring placed. The
picture was taken in litt!e circle. with
star points all around it. and showed moth
iEg but the hand and II portion Of the
wrist. Here 1t is, you see.
remarkably pretty hand, white and
dimpletl like u baby's. was shown.
Eyes, that was the first. I believe. The
girl showed it around among few of her
most intimate friends. of whom am one,
and they all thought the picture such q
cute one that they Immediately made
up their minds to have something after
the same style taken Of their own hands.
OF course, they didn't all have engage
tnent rings ON, but some of them made
believe by using other rings. and others
had their hands taken plain. as you will
see, without any ring at ALL
"But about these feet:'' asked the re-
porter as slippered and booted extremi-
ties were shown in passing.
"Well, said the owner Of the album,
Just the least bit shyly, ''you know when
girls get started on such notions as these
they always go from one thing to another,
At first they thought it would he awtul to
follow out such suggestion but finally u
very brave possessor Of Il pair of No. 3's
said she wasn't afraid. and if the other
girls would go with her to the gallery she
would sit for foot photograph. So they
went, and the result was that the whole
party except one girl. who wore No. 5's.
had their feet taken. You can see then,
here in all positions and Styles
In nearly every case there was Il fringe
OF dress skirt above the shoe or slipper.
but In one or two instances this was lack
ing. However, nothing betokening I'M
modesty could lie observed. There were
high, archcd insteps and low, broad toes
ana narrow, but nearly all wore common
sense low heels, AS the average mission
girl knows that running to catch = car
with pencillike heel under her is any
thing but nice, and there is good deal Of
car catching done in the mission.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-09

Inc most remarkable echo known i,
lhat IN the castle of Simonctta. ,wo miles
pistol sixty times
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-05

Anybody in want of nice single
driving outfit will do well to read
the notice of Mr.. Wadsworth who
has such an outfit. See his adver-
tisement.
Mrs. J. H. Baatte and Mrs. j.
B. Wishendorff of Chattanooga,
Tenn, relatives of Mrs. Wads-
worth are at present, visiting her
at Delta.
Mr. L. A. Dupont, late salesman
John l. Noble, has made arrange
ments with Mr.. Chas. Hernandez,
of New Orleans, to make advances
TO all old and reliable clients OF
the late John l. Noble.
The old levee at Elton, East
Carroll parish, has caved into the
river but a new one is Ill course OF
construction and little danger need
be apprehended.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-05
SHERIFF SALE.
State of Louisiana, Parish OF
Madison, Eighth Judicial
District Court.

Mrs. Margaret Porterfield,
VS.. NO. 900.
Tobias and Hannah Smith.
and Tobias & Hannah Smith,
VS.. SN0. To-.
H. B. Holmes, Sheriff, ct al. J
DY virtueof Writs offieri facias in said
ID cases, To me directed from the
Honorable Eighth Judicial District
Court for the Parish of Madison afore,
said, in the above entitled cause, l will
proceed to sell, at public auction at
the door of the Court House In the
town of Tallulah, in Madison Parish,
Louisiana ON the first Saturday, the
2nd day of April, A. D. 1887.
between the hours prescribed by law
all the right, title and interest OF To-
bias and Hannah Smith, in and to the
following described property, to-wit
The usufruct of ten acres OF land on
the Willow Glen" plantation, In SAID
Parish, being the same property that
was left by the last will and Testament
of Mrs. Celia A. Groves, to said smith
as ner her said will probated IN SAID
parish, seized in the above suit.
Terms of Sale-Cash, with benent o
advertisement. Ii. Il. HOLMES,
"'f Sheriff.
Per SCOTT BELTS, Deputy.
Tallulah, La. 22nd Feb. lSS'.-ot
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-05
SUCCESSION SALE.
State of Louisiana, Parish Of
Madison, Sth judicial District
Court.

Succession of No oo2
s. AMANDA AsKEw, deceased. J
RY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF
!C Sale to me directed by said
Court, bearing date 3rd, December,
1885, requiring me to sell all or a
part of the property of said success
sion to pay the debts thereof.
will sell at the front door of the
Court House of said Parish, in
Tallulah on Saturday the
End day Of April, 1887,
within the legal hours, all and
singular the right, title and interest
of said succession in and to all that
real property lying north of the
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas
railroad-right-of- in and con-
tiguous TO the town of Tallulah, a
plat and description of which lands
will be exhibited on the day of sale
said lands containing about 14t
acres. more or less.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash with the
benefit of appraisement.
JAMES B. AsKEw, Administrator
Feb. &c, ct.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-05
Succession OF GEORGE WOODLAND.

SUCCESSION OF GEORGE WOODLAND.
NOTICE is hereby given that, by
~ virtue of writ of sale to me d.
rected by the Honorable Sth District
Court Of Louisiana, in and Tor the
Parish of East Carroll, l the UNDER
signed administrator of the succession
of George Woodland, deceased: will
sell for cash at public auction in the
town of Millikens Bend, Parish OF Mad
ison. Louisiana. on the
9th day of March A. ID. 1877,
all the right title and interest OF
George Woodland deceased, In and TO
the following described real and per-
sonal property, to-wit:
"A tract ofland containing one acre
described as follows: situated at Mil
likens Bend in the Parish OF Madison,
Ia. and bounded as follows: Begin
ming at point on west margin OK
| Walnut Bavou. in the dividing line
between the Compromise plantation
! and the WitheroW and Bauer tract at
\ II links from iron post in bayou on
/ said line and run thence with said line
v TSf, w 4 22-lOO chains; thence N l6z
II S44-iO0 chains, thence sd,
! chains to road on west bank
of bayou; thence s l6i L l 70-lo0
to place Of beginning, TO contain ons
acre, being same tract surveyed by II.
NJ. Dawson, Parish surveyor for Joseph
Witherov and DR.. Yerger on 24th
March 1881, with all the Improvements.
thereon. also the household effects and
personal property Of said succession
now on the aforesaid premises.
J. MARTIN COMPTON,
a. Administrato;
! Omega. La, Feb. LIST, 1887.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-05
Two Views.

The position of President Cleve.
iand since his election has prac.
ucally been: 81 am under no OBJ
hsanons to any party or anybody.
except perhaps the Mugwumps. |
am !, better than my party"
Inc position of Gov. Hill has
been and is: ' las
! owe everything to nv party
a, sna wild Will do all that | properly may
s ~ promote its interests and give
erect to its principles
Result; Wen, if the presideu,
aoes not begin to see il. there !.
.s,,'y n. use in pointing it out.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-05
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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-05
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

cEALED Proposals for the build
y ing of n two story brick Court
House, at Tallulah, La, will be re-
ceived up to Wednesday y NJ,
March 16, 1887,
and the bids opened on that day.
Specifications of the building will
be furnished bidders on applica-
ton. Ten Thousand dollars cash,
will be paid on completion of the
building, and the balance in one
and two years with interest. No
bid exceeding $4,000 will be en-
tertained. The plan of the build
ing is on file with the Clerk of the
Police Jury at Tallulah, and can
be seen, by any one desiring to
bid. The right is reserved to re-
iect any or all bids.
Address bids and all communi-
cations TO r. c. WEIGHTMAN,
Clerk Police Jury,
Tallulah,
Feb. 12-6t Parish of Madison, La.